Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-08

men in the "protected'' industries, but if
a more complete ownership of man was
eve attempted than by the firm in CUES
ton, the fact has escaped the pen of the
historian. The PENNSYLVANIA coal barons
are among Uncle Sans most favored
children, and they take advantage of his
kind ''protection" to not only mulct the
coal consumers, but to rob the poor miner
of every cent. he earns and to take from
him the last remnant ofpersonal liberty
Banner Of Liberty.
Work AS A MEDIcINE.-You have
nothing to do-how easily you yield to
indisposition.
You have an engagement, you have an
article to write, q dress to make, a field to
till, a harvest to gather, a horse to groom,
a store to open, an occupation OF some
sort or other whose call is peremptory and
must be obeyed-whata %stiffener Of nerve
and muscles an engagement is. How IN
1nitely less prone one is to yield to an in
disposition, a pain or a suggestion OF idle
ness and ease.
Work is the best medicine.
Exercise is its right hand man. Occu-
patton is what mankind needs, and just as
soon as we retire from life we may begin
to prepare for death, for life is a quick
imitator, and will retire from US, acting
on the hint given, that we are weary of
the burden and wish to shake it-J0e Hon.
ards Letter.
sa~ Every man has to consider his tenn
permanent when engaged in his work, and
particularly when thinking ofhis religious
duty. The man Of stern, austere or vlo-
lent disposition has need to guard against
too great rigor, while the n of tender,
gentle feeling is required to be on his
watch lest be become so complaisant as to
be unfaithful. The former is likely to In
jure himself and his work by a dispropor-
tionate contention over ~trifes, and the lat
ter by an easy-going way OF treating
things that are very important. Some of
the theological Wanderings of the period
are not the result of the new life from the
Scriptures, but the effect of the growing
kindliness Of Christian society. The
thought of eternal punishment is disagree
able, and therefore it is not INDUCED in.
A CANARY's FOUR NoTEs.-In the song
/! of a canary four notes are recognized by
dealers, and they can tell by listening to
it for a very few minutes whether the bird
is German or American. They are the
water note, which is a ripping, gurgling,
attractive bit of warbling like the murmur
of a rill the flute note, clear and ringing !;
the whistling note, of the same class, but
very much finer, and the rolling note,
which is a continuous melody, rising and
falling only to rise again. 1t is in the last
named note that American birds fail.
They cannot hold it. Another difference
between the two is that German canarles
are night singers-they will sing until the
light is extinguished. But American birds
put their heads under their wings with
darkness.-DetroH Free Press.
TEMPERANCE IN RUssIA.-The scandal
of popular drunkenness will doubtless be
much abated in Russia by the new excise
law which is about to 90 into force. All
the saloons which exist merely for the
purpose of retailing grog will be closed, to
the number of $4,000. The sale of liquors
will be permitted only in hotels and res
%taurants, and licenses to these will be linn
tied in number according to the Judgment
of the excise officers, and a fee of $725 ex-
acted for each. The Russian Finance Min
lister, in announcing the new law, says that,
"While experience has proved that the
vice of drunkenness cannot be e~xtirpated
by legislative measures, it Is certain that
wise legislation can at least do much to
lessen the evil and contribute to the moral
development of the people,"
a6s- How often we hear the remark ave
shall have rain; the atmosphere is so
heavy.". The reverse is true. When one
sees smoke hanging from q chimney, with
a tendency to sink to the ground, it lndl-
Gates that the atmosphere is light, in fact
too light to float the smoke. When
the smoke rises from the chimney it in
dicates a heavy atmosphere. A column
of smoke is not a bad barometer, for q Da-
rometer is nothing more than a recorder
of the pressure of the atmosphere. When
the atmosphere is light I'M the smoke
settles, the pressure on the mercury is lght
and the column falls indicating. storm.
When the atmospheric heavy and smoke
umn rises, indicating fair weather.
~ If YOU wish to know whether Chris
tianity is superseded try to live out some
of its cardidal virtues. Try forgiveness,
for instance. See if you find it a trite,
%threadbare, overused habit in your own
life see if it is something that comes to
YOU naturally and easily see if it is a ca
pacity that you have 80 fully attained that
YOU can mete it out seventy times seven
to one who has persistently wronged you.
Try, and see; and then, perhaps, it will
appear that the man who could forgive
the enemies that crucifed Him lived
on a moral plane of life to which. the
world, with all it intellectual and material
advancement, has not yet risen.